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KNOXVILLE, TN. (story courtesy of WVLT) – Deputy Dalton Swanger with the Knox County Sheriff's Office is awake and off the ventilator, according to an update from KCSO."He can speak and is doing...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A Knoxville food pantry is asking for extra help as it says it's critically low on several staple items.The KAPA Kitchen Food Pantry is run by the Knoxville Academy of Medi...

Las Vegas, NV (WOKI / WVLT) Dolly Parton is headed back to Las Vegas for the first time in more than 30 years!The queen of country music will be performing six times at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace...

MEDIC Regional Blood Center Donors to Receive Ripley's Aquarium TicketWHO: MEDIC DonorsWHAT: Ripley's Aquarium TicketWHEN: June 23 - 27WHERE: All donor centers and mobile drivesWHY: During the week of...

A former Tennessee Senator has died.Frank Niceley, who served Tennessee as both a representative and senator, died yesterday (Thursday). He was 78.Niceley served the Jefferson County area and was a Se...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Zahra is the newest lion to call Zoo Knoxville home.Zahra came from Buffalo Zoo last month and now that her thirty-day quarantine period has finished, she is in her new home. She ...

Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 6/18: The Loudon County Sheriff's Office has identified a body found near the railroad tracks off Foute Town Road in Lenoir City.The body of 79-year-old Sue Jean Jones wa...

Knoxville, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – West High School Head Football Coach Lamar Brown will not return to the school next year, Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk announced Tuesda...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI/ WVLT) Knoxville City Council approves the first reading of the proposed sales tax increase.During last (Tuesday) night’s meeting, city council voted 7-1 (with one abstention...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting three human cases of West Nile Virus in Tennessee, including one in Knox County.So far in 2025, the CDC is report...